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Why People Gossip: An Empirical Analysis of Social Motives, Antecedents, and Consequences†

  1. Bianca Beersma1,*,
  2. Gerben A. Van Kleef2

Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00956.x

Issue

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volume 42, Issue 11, pages 2640–2670, November 2012

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How to Cite

Beersma, B. and Van Kleef, G. A. (2012), Why People Gossip: An Empirical Analysis of Social Motives, Antecedents, and Consequences. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42: 2640–2670. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00956.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  2. 2

    Department of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Bianca Beersma, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: b.beersma@uva.nl

  1. †

    This research was sponsored in part by two grants of The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded to Bianca Beersma (Grant 451.04.100) and Gerben van Kleef (Grant 451.05.010). The authors thank Joyce Jacobs and Judith Janssens for their help with the data collection.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012

Funded by

  • Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). Grant Numbers: 451.04.100, 451.05.010

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